Funny side of a strike
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS I read the article on the front page of The Gleaner, dated Saturday, February 8, 2003, with the headline, "NO SCHOOL MONDAY, Teachers to strike for more pay", I could not help laughing. Before readers chide me for not viewing this...
Disrespecting the teachers
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM deeply saddened by the plight of the country's teachers in trying to get an increase in their salary.
What is our contingency plan?
THE EDITOR, Sir: WAR IS inevitable. This is the view of the American Government. It seems to me that whether or not Iraq provides evidence of not having weapons of mass destruction, the war will take place anyway.
A plea for the mentally ill
THE EDITOR, Sir: I NOTE with interest the outrage expressed by the Jamaica Bar Association in regards to the search and seizure activities inflicted on two lawyers. I certainly support any call to accountability for any action that flies in the face of..
Shades of grey
THE EDITOR: Sir I READ with interest a letter from Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in your issue of February 1, 2003 responding to your editorial - "A Dangerous Precedent."
Where is the evidence?
THE EDITOR, Sir: A REPORT in your newspaper on Tuesday, February 4, 2003, captioned "Corruption charges hit PNP local gov't picks" contained unsubstantiated allegations by two aspirants for candidacy for the PNP in the forthcoming Local Government...
Testing for truth
THE EDITOR, Sir: WITH REFERENCE to Mr. Espeut's article published in your edition of Wednesday, February 5, 2003, transubstantiation is so amenable to empirical testing it ought really to be one of the easiest of church teachings to debunk.
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